Kurzeme Coastline: Ventspils - Liepaja

Recommended season:  May-August, but also during storms for lovers of extreme views – be very careful on the coastline!
Length:  ~120 km.  
Level of difficulty:  Medium
Road cover:  A beach that is mostly sandy, with some areas having pebbles.
Start:  Ventspils (the Southern breakwater at the end of Medņu Street)
End:  Liepāja (the railroad station, bus station, or Old Liepāja)
Markings:  None, though there are a few place name signs along the seacoast
Distance from Rīga:  Start – 190 km, end – 220 km
Logistics:  Buses run five times a day between Liepāja and Ventspils (via Pāvilosta).  Buses from Rīga offer convenient travel to Liepāja and Ventspils.
Alternatives:  You can begin or end your hike in Jūrkalne or Pāvilosta.  You can extend your hike to the Lithuanian border (+55 km) and then on to Palanga (+18 km) or Klaipeda (+30 km).  International ferry and bus transport links Klaipeda to Rīga, Kaunas and Vilnius.  You can also merge this route with the first and second one, thus hiking all along the Latvian coastline (~500 km).
Note:  Small rivers and streams (the Rīva, Ēnava, Muižupīte and others) can usually be crossed on foot when the water is low.  There is a bridge across the Saku River one km from its end.  It is dangerous to climb the steep shore cliffs, because there can be rock falls.  There are no stores of dining facilities between Ventspils and Užava, and no dining facilities between Pāvilosta and Liepāja.
Points of interest:  The Southern breakwater in Ventspils, the former Cirpstene military base and the Užava lighthouse, a memorial plaque to commemorate refugees fleeing to Sweden and the steep shore of Jūrkalne, the old Rīva wooden bridge, the steep shores of Strante and Ulmale and the grey dune of Pāvilosta, The sea stone, the Pāvilosta Regional Research Museum and the Akmeņrags lighthouse, the Ziemupe nature reserve, Northern forts, Karosta, and Liepāja Northern breakwater, the Kalpaks bridge and Karosta canal.